Vermilion Cliffs National Monument – best hiking places in the US – “Rock of Ages”

Photograph by Nicholas Roemmelt

“After a heavy thunderstorm, a small pond grants a mirror reflection of a hiker at the Wave, the most famous landform in Vermilion Cliffs National Monument in Arizona and Utah. Says Nicholas Roemmelt, who submitted this picture to the National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest, it was “a calm and solemn place on a perfect day.” “